“I’m not a girl trying to be a star or trying to be anything other than a musician.”
Amy Jade Winehouse
Her friends described her as a typical North Londoner of Jewish descent, bright and funny but also shy and modest and slightly insecure- not about her voice though (
Kapadia, 2015). Everyone saw her as an old soul trapped in the body of a teenage girl, because of the depth of emotion that her lyrics and voice evoked (Kapadia, 2015). She had suffered from bulimia and severe depression prior to her big break. During the success of her first album, “Frank”, she started to change. Suddenly she was being viewed as an erratic and slippery young girl who partied a bit too much and couldn’t even stay sober for public appearances and TV shows(Johnstone, 2011). After her break up with Blake …show more content…
The experience was recorded in her second album’s lead single “Rehab” where she told the world “They tried to make me go to rehab but I said, 'No, no, no.'Yes, I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know, know
I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine…”. Upon releasing her second album ‘Back to Black’, which was mainly based on her unstable relationship with Blake Fielder, she became a global sensation. That is when the expectations began to change for Amy Winehouse a fact reflected in her change of image. She adopted a diva attitude, launched her signature beehive hairdo, which she wore everywhere, changed the way she dressed, shifting from her simple look to short dresses, high heels, and tattoos covering her skin (Hunter-Tilney, 2011). Even though Amy exposed her private self to the public through her honest and authentic lyrics, she had to adjust to the ‘rules’ of fame and celebrity in order to be able to continue being part of the industry. In the meantime, she
Amy Jade Winehouse
Her friends described her as a typical North Londoner of Jewish descent, bright and funny but also shy and modest and slightly insecure- not about her voice though (
Kapadia, 2015). Everyone saw her as an old soul trapped in the body of a teenage girl, because of the depth of emotion that her lyrics and voice evoked (Kapadia, 2015). She had suffered from bulimia and severe depression prior to her big break. During the success of her first album, “Frank”, she started to change. Suddenly she was being viewed as an erratic and slippery young girl who partied a bit too much and couldn’t even stay sober for public appearances and TV shows(Johnstone, 2011). After her break up with Blake …show more content…
The experience was recorded in her second album’s lead single “Rehab” where she told the world “They tried to make me go to rehab but I said, 'No, no, no.'Yes, I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know, know
I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine…”. Upon releasing her second album ‘Back to Black’, which was mainly based on her unstable relationship with Blake Fielder, she became a global sensation. That is when the expectations began to change for Amy Winehouse a fact reflected in her change of image. She adopted a diva attitude, launched her signature beehive hairdo, which she wore everywhere, changed the way she dressed, shifting from her simple look to short dresses, high heels, and tattoos covering her skin (Hunter-Tilney, 2011). Even though Amy exposed her private self to the public through her honest and authentic lyrics, she had to adjust to the ‘rules’ of fame and celebrity in order to be able to continue being part of the industry. In the meantime, she